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Addressing the affordable housing crisis

The importance of home was highlighted during housing policy discussions at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, co-sponsored by Habitat for Humanity.

Housing’s effects on child development

Dr. Megan Sandel on the significant effect that housing has on children’s health and development

The impact of housing affordability on families

Bringing housing costs to an affordable level can make all the difference in the life and future of a family — physically, mentally, economically, developmentally.

“Reforming how we look at housing”

Through Howard University’s School of Law Fair Housing Clinic, student attorney Brianne Reese helps families struggling with housing.

Habitat houses around the world

The affordable housing that your support makes possible might differ from place to place, but the hope you help build always remains the same.

A house filled with a hundred hands

Emma Funfar and Dot Hannon — one a Habitat Cape Cod homeowner, the other a volunteer — have become close friends. Their bond, as happens so often, has lasted long after the build.

The impact of housing affordability on communities

From the abundance of economic benefits to a greater sense of community pride, increasing home affordability is foundational to the health of communities across the country.

Bringing innovation to affordable housing

Emerging entrepreneurs gathered at ShelterTech Mexico 2017 to brainstorm ways to bring innovation to affordable housing, clean water and sustainable energy.

A new start in a Habitat house

Kevin and his siblings are growing up in the Habitat house that gave their parents a place to make a new life.

UN High-Level Political Forum: Habitat urges world leaders to prioritize adequate housing for all amid COVID-19 pandemic

As United Nations member states hold their annual meeting to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals, Habitat for Humanity is calling on world leaders to assure COVID-19 does not derail progress toward the goal of assuring adequate housing for all by 2030.

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